AP Biology (gamma)

Homework assignments

Due Thurs May 21

• Final presentations (may still tweak afterward)

Due Thurs May 14

• Decide on a biology topic you'd like to teach about/present on

Due Mon May 11

• Be at Latin no later than 7:30 am
• SLEEP WELL
• EAT A NUTRITIOUS BREAKFAST
• Relax...everything will be alright

Due Thurs May 7

• Keep studying
• Use an app
• Videos

Due Wed May 6

• Study at least a half hour each night.

Due Mon May 4

• STUDY! I emailed you the answer key for the practice exam.

Due Wed April 29

• Transpiration lab report

Due Mon April 27

• Study quiz on endocrine systems, feedback back loops, signal transduction, etc.

Due Wed April 22

• Negative and positive feedback worksheet

Due Mon April 20

• Complete Transpiration in Plants worksheets

Due Fri April 17

• Make experiment plan (outline form) to test the affect of different environmental conditions of the transpiration rate of pansies.

Due Thurs April 16

• Watch Bozeman's Cell Communication video and complete outline on front of page.

Due Wed April 15

• Ch. 11: Cell Communication reading guide

Due Mon April 13

• Watch Endocrine System Bozeman Science video
• Complete "Control of Blood Glucose" worksheet
• Summarize "How the Pill works" (PBS)

Due Fri March 27

• Discuss the following: (typed and printed, or shared if will be absent)
  • What is it? How does it work?
  • What are restriction enzymes? What do they do?
  • What is gel electrophoresis used for?
  • What have you done in this lab (pg. 11)? I have given you headings below. Please elaborate.
    • 1. Digestion of lambda DNA by restriction enzymes
    • 2. Prepare and fill gel; run gel
    • 3. Stain, destain, and visualize

Due Thurs March 26

• Go through electrophoresis explanation/animation

Due Wed March 25

• Study for neurons/action potential/reflex arcs assessment
• Animations:
  • Neuromuscular junction
  • Arc reflex (short)
  • Arc reflex (long)

Due Mon March 23

• Complete Ch. 45 Hormones and Endocrine System reading guide

Due Mon March 16

• Complete models of neurons/action potentials
• Complete "Exploring the New Science of Addiction" using the Utah Genetics website.

Due Fri March 13

• Study for virus and immune system assessment

Due Wed March 11

• Watch and take notes on Bozeman Science video on the nervous system

Due Mon March 9

• Ch. 48 Neuron Reading Guide

Due Wed March 4

• Finish in-class work, if didn't in class:
  • Concept check 43.1 questions 1, 2, 3
  • Concept check 43.2 question 2
  • Concept check 43.3 question 1
  • Concept check 43.4 question 2, 3
  • Self-quiz questions 4, 5, 6, 7

• Complete evolution and Immune System FRQ

Due Mon March 2

• Complete all of Ch. 43 Immune System reading guide

Due Fri Feb 27

• Complete at least half of Ch. 43 Immune System reading guide

Due Thurs Feb 26

• Finish worksheet for HHMI's Cells of the Immune System interactive

Due Wed Feb 25

• "Racing Extinction" Reflection

Due Mon Feb 23

• Reminder: Bring $5 for "Racing Extinction" field trip 2/24
• Watch and answer questions for Bozeman Science Immune System video

Due Fri Feb 20

• Virus Presentation

Due Thurs Feb 19

• Ch. 18 self-quiz (start pg. 379) # 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, and 11
• Check answers. If wrong, write explanation for why the correct answer is right.

Due Wed Feb 18

• Ch. 18 questions

Due Fri Feb 13

• Ch. 19 (Viruses) reading guide

Due Mon Feb 9

• Study for assessment on Mon Feb 9 on regulation of prokaryotic gene regulation (lac and trp operons as well as positive control - Ch. 18) and bacterial transformation (in Ch.20)

Due Fri Feb 6

• Mini poster on bacterial transformation lab

Due Wed Feb 4

• Complete the predictions chart (page five of Monday's handout - attached below) for the bacterial transformation results. If you need to do more research, do so! (Note your sources.)

Due Mon Feb 2

• Control of Gene Expression in Prokaryotes POGIL

Due Thurs Jan 29

• Activity 18.2: Modeling the lac and trp operon systems... (given in class)

Due Wed Jan 28

• Ch. 18 reading guide

Due Fri Jan 23

• Finish Mutation Presentations (be ready to teach 3-5 min tomorrow)
• Practice MC and short FRQ on mutations

Due Wed Jan 21

• Study for replication, transcription, and translation quiz
• Animations:
  • DNA replication
  • Transcription
  • Splicing
  • Translation
• Crash Course Biology
  • DNA structure and replication
  • Transcription and Translation
• Bozeman Videos
  • DNA structure and experiments
  • DNA replication and the central dogma
• Central Dogma Song

Due Fri Jan 16

• Finish Translation POGIL

Due Thurs Jan 15

• DNA structure and replication worksheet

Due Wed Jan 14

• Ch. 17 reading guide. Skip questions 2-10.

Due Thurs Jan 8

• Watch Bozeman Science DNA replication and complete worksheet

Due Wed Jan 7

• Ch. 16 reading guide

Due Fri Dec 19

• Respiration rate (change in volume) in seeds lab report

Due Thurs Dec 18

• Study for cellular respiration and photosynthesis quest

Due Mon Dec 15

• Complete data table (have to do calculations) and all the laboratory questions! (If lost paper, see link below)

Due Thurs Dec 11

• Read background information and procedures for Cellular Respiration Lab
• Songs:
  • Photosynthesis (to T Swift's I Knew You Were Trouble)
  • Oxidate it or Love it /Electron to the Next One (to 50 Cent's Hate it or Love it)

Due Wed Dec 10

• Answer short FRQ (Trees and carbon dioxide)
• Read first sample answer to absorption FRQ
• Note: Assessment on CR and P on Wed Dec 17

Due Mon Dec 8

• Complete Floating Disk Lab packet
• Complete Photosynthesis POGIL
• Complete Absorption Free-Response Question

Due Thurs Dec 4

• Complete four-square of photosynthesis and cellular respiration
• Watch and take notes on Photosynthesis: Light reaction, Calvin cycle, and Electron Transport [3D Animation]

Due Wed Dec 3

• Ch. 10 Photosynthesis Reading Guide (until question 27)

Due Mon Nov 23

• Complete Oxidative Phosphorylation POGIL

Due Fri Nov 21

• Complete Glycolysis and Kreb Cycle POGIL

Due Thurs Nov 20

• Reflect on quiz and describe areas that you did not understand/think you got mixed up etc.
• Watch ATP & Respiration Crash Course

Due Wed Nov 19

• Ch. 9 (Cellular Respiration) reading guide

Due Mon Nov 17

• Study for Ch. 7 Cell Transport Test on Monday
• Watch Bozeman Science Photosynthesis and Respiration and answer questions

Due Fri Nov 14

• Dialysis tube/osmosis inquiry lab report

Due Mon Nov 10

• Write procedures and hypothesis for your dialysis tube/osmosis inquiry lab

Due Wed Nov 5

• Watch and take notes on "In Da Club - Membranes and Transport"
• Watch "Flu Attack! How a virus invades your body"

Due Mon Nov 3

• Ch. 7 reading guide

Due Fri Oct 31

• Triple Venn diagram comparing and contrasting the structure of plant vs animal vs bacterial cell. Can use "Cells Alive" website as resource.

Due Thurs Oct 30

• Take at least 15 min to write down and categorize all the words/concepts related to cells you can think of without using resources. (Let's see what you remember!)

Due Wed Oct 29

• Catalase efficiency lab report (see rubric below)

Due Mon Oct 27

• Phylogenetic Trees POGIL

Due Fri Oct 24

• Have typed hypothesis, procedures, and data table for enzyme activity lab
• Lab report due Wed Oct 29

Due Thurs Oct 23

• Define all words from Origin of Life concept map that did not know well/at all. Suggestion: add a picture to help you remember more.

Due Wed Oct 22

• Complete phylogeny free-response question. Written or typed in complete sentences. Cite all sources.

Due Mon Oct 20

• Questions based on Ch. 25

Due Fri Oct 17

• Watch the following three videos. Complete the questions for the first two (see handout).

1. What Darwin Never Knew (PBS)
2. Origins: How Life Began with Neil Tyson DeGrasse (PBS)
3. Origin of Life Episode One with David Attenborough (BBC)

• If done early start reading The Survival of the Sickest (green and yellow cover on counter closest to Nigel's tank

Due Wed Oct 8

• Finish wrap-up questions on Monday's worksheet
• Construct a cladogram

Due Mon Oct 6

• Visit, read, and take notes on all 16 pages of the Berkeley Evolution page "Phylogenetic systematics, a.k.a. evolutionary trees": http://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/article/0_0_0/phylogenetics_01

Due Thurs Oct 2

• Read over the handout with answers for test questions 19 & 20

Due Wed Oct 1

• Write down question or trend you observed from data and map given in class on Monday
• Read Malaria booklet

Due Mon Sept 29

• Read, annotate and give a sentence summary of "'Instant' Evolution Seen in Darwin's Finches"(http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/07/060714-evolution.html)

Due Fri Sept 26

• Ch. 25 reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2024%20origin%20of%20evolution.pdf)

Due Wed Sept 24

• Complete guiding questions for Thursdays assessment

Due Mon Sept 22:

• Complete rest of Selection and Speciation POGIL

Due Fri Sept 19:

• Selection and Speciation POGIL pages 1-4

For reference: Ch. 24 concept map


Due Thurs Sept 18:

• Complete Hardy Weinberg Test Questions Practice worksheet

Due Wed Sept 17:

• Ch. 24 reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2024%20origin%20of%20evolution.pdf)

Due Mon Sept 15:

• Put in goldfish lab data into Google spreadsheet (https://docs.google.com/a/latinpcs.org/spreadsheets/d/1V6GlwyiMlJRlay7kDA1o-tOZ_ePG4JnS3uTNQxZFGs0/edit?usp=sharing)
• Watch both Bozeman science Hardy-Weinberg videos (http://www.bozemanscience.com/hardy-weinberg-equation/ and http://www.bozemanscience.com/solving-hardy-weinberg-problems/)

Due Fri Sept 12:

• Finish calculating Hardy-Weinberg from goldfish lab
• Complete Hardy-Weinberg practice problems

Due Thurs Sept 11:

• Write a paragraph summary of Time's article "Darwin Lives! Modern Humans Still Evolve" http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1931757,00.html

Due Wed Sept 10:

• Study for Ch. 22 & 23 quiz (no Hardy-Weinberg, at least for now...)

Due Mon Sept 8:

• Complete Chapter 23: Evolution of Populations reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/chapter%2023%20population%20evolution.pdf)

Due Thurs Sept 4:

• Complete concept word with "Evolution" at the center and the following words. Be sure to write connection on the arrows.
  • Natural selection
  • Adaptation: inherited characteristic of an organism that enhances its survival and reproduction in specific environments
  • Environment
  • Genetic variation
  • Mutation
  • Species
  • Population

Due Wed Sept 3:

• Complete Chapter 22: Descent with Modification reading guide (http://www.biologyjunction.com/Chapter%2022%20darwin.pdf)

Due Fri Aug 29:

• Signed syllabus and Flinn safety contract

http://www.flinnsci.com/media/396480/safety_contract_ms.pdf

• Effervescent tablet lab report. Must be typed and printed.